1680x1050 to 2560x1080 performance hit?

[ClubSpade12]

Just wondering, if I can play something like Dying Light on max settings at 1680x1050 with a few drops here and there, would it be a performance hit to switch to an ultrawide 2560x1080 and play at that resolution?

 

[Dr Girlfriend]

Any swap to a higher resolution is a performance hit. Performance really depends on what hardware you have. If you are barely able to play at 1680 you won't have good frames at 2k.

 

[photonboy]

Estimate is to divide total pixel new/total pixel old then go halfway in between.

(2560x1080)/(1680x1050)/2

Performance should thus drop to about 75% of what it was but that's going to VARY between titles. Also, the new monitor is ULTRAWIDE and there's less processing proportional to pixel count when you go wider so it may even be above 80%.

There are also several HIGHER settings that affect the frame rate a lot but don't add much visually usually, but I don't know the game.

So it's not a massive hit.

I personally don't like Ultrawide monitors for gaming. I looked into it, but there wasn't enough support. Some games look weird, or don't even work so you end up with black bars on the left and right.

So do your research on Ultrawide.

(some people stick with STRETCHED content too because they don't know how to setup ASPECT scaling on the monitor, or in the video drivers. I have my NVidia Control Panel set to scale with GPU using ASPECT. If in doubt, set it to "ASPECT" on the physical monitor itself.)

 

[ClubSpade12]

Thank you, that's actually really helpful. And yes I know the whole lack of support thing but honestly it's gotten massively better. I can't think of any newer titles that don't support it. Most AAA games do (unless they've by Blizzard because they think 21:9 is cheating, no joke) but it's also useful for watching movies in actual full screen.